What did you order or the post deliver? (Japanese N Gauge)

[Das Steinkopf]

46 minutes ago, disturbman said:

This all seem under control to me, except perhaps Kumaden. I'm surprised that you haven't (yet) expanded to all the other companies plying the region. You are still missing some JR West, Hankyu, Kyoto subway, Kintetsu...

 

JRF, JR Tokai and Meitetsu can geographically go together but the rest are spread apart, that said I had been tempted to dabble in Hankyu but have managed to dodge a bullet there, I am also tempted by Seibu and Tokyu stock, the later I would only touch the Ikegami Line given the short length of its trains.

Edited November 16, 2020 by Das Steinkopf

[disturbman]

I was more thinking of bringing your collection closer to the Keihan Keishin line 😉 

Hankyu is quite elegant. One of the nicest liveries around. Strangely enough, I didn't like it as much irl but it looks very good on all models I've seen - Kato, MA, Tomytec.

[Das Steinkopf]

10 minutes ago, disturbman said:

I was more thinking of bringing your collection closer to the Keihan Keishin line 😉 

Hankyu is quite elegant. One of the nicest liveries around. Strangely enough, I didn't like it as much irl but it looks very good on all models I've seen - Kato, MA, Tomytec.

 

Strangely enough I was first attracted to them when I saw them in Osaka, when we went to Kyoto I made sure I got to ride them.

 

[JR 500系]

14 hours ago, Tonytramman said:

a tram, i cant read Japanese but hey do have a tradition of special decorations on trams and flower cars, i'm sure I read an article  somewhere about it but cant find it right now..

 

 

It looks really nice! Wished it came in N scale too ~  🙂

[railsquid]

17 hours ago, Tonytramman said:

a tram, i cant read Japanese but hey do have a tradition of special decorations on trams and flower cars, i'm sure I read an article  somewhere about it but cant find it right now..

 

Tokyo "Flower 100 series" tram, converted in 2011 from a 7500 series to mark the 100th anniversary of the Tokyo City Transportation Bureau, and withdrawn in 2018.

Edited November 17, 2020 by railsquid

[chadbag]

14 hours ago, Das Steinkopf said:

 

Strangely enough I was first attracted to them when I saw them in Osaka, when we went to Kyoto I made sure I got to ride them.

 

 

Hankyu were the first trains I rode in Japan (not including my one time in Tokyo exhibiting at MacWorld 2000 before I got married and was there alone).  My wife is from Amagasaki and Mukonosou Hanky station was the closest station, so the one we used to go to both Kobe and Osaka (Umeda).  It wasn't until later when we started buying JR Passes that we started to go to Tachibana instead and riding mostly JR.  We still ride Hankyu occasionally though our Mukonosou connection is no longer there. 

 

 

[Tonytramman]

8 hours ago, JR 500系 said:

 

 

It looks really nice! Wished it came in N scale too ~  🙂

Brilliant! that's the one.

[Tonytramman]

6 hours ago, railsquid said:

 

Tokyo "Flower 100 series" tram, converted in 2011 from a 7500 series to mark the 100th anniversary of the Tokyo City Transportation Bureau, and withdrawn in 2018.

thanks for the info. 

[Lina_Blue]

The next high rise has arrived.

 

[Socimi]

10 minutes ago, Waisneed said:

The next high rise has arrived.

 

Nice! We need a picture of it paired with an E353 Series!

[Lina_Blue]

49 minutes ago, Socimi said:

 

Nice! We need a picture of it paired with an E353 Series!

 

Like this?

 

[Kamome]

The new Sony Building. Very nice. 

Ironically it would make an interesting looking building.

Edited November 19, 2020 by Kamome

[Martijn Meerts]

I still think they designed it with the digital only version in mind, figured out rather late that people wanted a drive, and then just slapped it on ...

 

[Tonytramman]

Won this little chap on fleabay recently no idea of its history, got to run the literature through translation but I liked it and for £5 cant be bad 

[GCS]

4 hours ago, Waisneed said:

The next high rise has arrived.

 

Congrats, mine arrived today, such a beast of a console! 😂

[lukewang01]

Putting the two recent HS purchases together and waiting for my first Zenmarket package. 

[lighthouse]

I haven't had time to show my new models in the last few weeks:

 

Kato 2017-1 C62 Hokkaido

Kato 2028-1 8620 Tohoku

Kato 10-1619 EMU 731 Ishikari-Liner

Kato 10-1620 DMU 201 Niseko-Liner

Kato 10-1599 Hanawa-Set

Kato 8084 Rem 5000

Kato 8062 Tora 90000

Greenmax 30199 KiHa 150-0 Hakodate-Line

Kato 7008-7 DD51-500

[MeTheSwede]

My first locomotive, a Kato 7011-4 arrived today! I planted some trees for the inaugural photo.

 

A little video shot on my phone:

https://streamable.com/e/v9rqqb

 

Putting on number plates and other suff will have to wait for another day. Those things look a bit scary to a newbie like me. 🙂

 

This all feels very good, although I'm a bit dissappointed with how easy the engine stalls on points during slow running.

 

[roadstar_na6]

Just take a sharp hobby knife for cutting out the number boards and then either use tweezers to align them and push them in with a finger or wrap a big flathead screwdriver with double sided tape and use that to apply the numbers

🙂

 

EDIT: Oh and btw, usually you won‘t need any glue, they stay in place tightly by themselves.

Edited November 21, 2020 by roadstar_na6

[Claude_Dreyfus]

Another new arrival, but this time vert much out of region for me. This falls under the category of 'trains I have travelled on'. I used the E227 series a few times when I was staying in Hiroshima, particularly when I travelled along part of the Kure line.

 

The model has a single power bogie, and is a little noisy, but is a smooth runner. Hopefully it'll quieten down with some running.

 

 

 

I'll add the distinctive cabside cheeks in due course.

 

 

And here is the prototype, at Tadanoumi station on the Kure line, September 2019

  

[MeTheSwede]

On 11/21/2020 at 6:05 PM, roadstar_na6 said:

Just take a sharp hobby knife for cutting out the number boards and then either use tweezers to align them and push them in with a finger or wrap a big flathead screwdriver with double sided tape and use that to apply the numbers

🙂

 

EDIT: Oh and btw, usually you won‘t need any glue, they stay in place tightly by themselves.

 

Thanks for the tips!

[JR 500系]

A little something from the recent HS sale:

 

 

 

Yap the free DVD is there! Nice!

 

 

 

This completes my 323 Osaka Loop line train! Couldnt miss such a Kansai icon!

 

And AFTER much trouble... Ami finally got my pre-order together and correct.... 

 

 

 

 

This was the order that got 'cancelled' and 'reinstated'... Well long story but i'm just happy the buses from Kumamoto made it!

 

 

This Nagasaki Tram is pretty nice indeed! Check out the prints!

 

 

 

And 2 of the log trucks... really love that small forklift!

[Kanpai Keith]

Ooooh, just picked up a Tomytec Hospital  https://www.plazajapan.com/4543736283294/?setCurrencyId=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA2O39BRBjEiwApB2IktKR8IWMwFzcOe5Y9mY7kMksaTKIVxZ9W86RCUz0gZaTxN7yYsT0bxoCoDYQAvD_BwE cheap (private seller) and he threw in a blue/grey Outland models Grand Apartment block   https://www.daraz.lk/products/outland-models-colored-railway-modern-city-building-grand-apartment-n-i106044510.html 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

 

come on Mr Postman, hurry up.

[railsquid]

Something British for a change:

 

Kawai B6 (2157) by Rail Squid, on Flickr

 

Built in 1906 by Dübs and Company in Glasgow. Presumably the model represents the post-1925 state (anyone want to guess why I think that?). Model itself presumably dates from 1997 or earlier (judging by the 3-digit postal code on the packaging). Prototype was in Omiya between 1948 and 1959, when it was withdrawn and scrapped.

Edited November 25, 2020 by railsquid

[200系]

Because it's starting to look a bit more civilized with, supposedly, knuckle couplers instead of the original screw-couplers + buffer setup, I would guess?

 

Nice catch, ever since reading Dan Frees excellent "Early Japanese Railways" I've nursed a small interest in early Japanese steam, though I guess I'm slightly more biased towards the American built locomotives as opposed to the British built examples (though I think they are fascinating in their own way). Seems like she'll need some work though, doesn't she?